Combined brick and tile furring or facing for walls.



No. 687,!03.` Patented Nov. I9, |901.

D. w. ANnEnsoN. CIIMBINED BRICK AND TILE FUIRING 0R FACING FUR WALLS.

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D. w. ANDERSON. COMBINED BRICK AND TILE FURBING 0R FACING FUR WALLS.

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f To all whom it may concern: i Be it known that I, DAVID WILEY ANDER-`Unirse" STATES @PATENT Ottica.

DAVID WILEY ANDERSON, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

COMBINED BRICKy AND `TILE FURRING 0R FAolNc Fon WALLS.l

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 687,103, datedNovember 19, 1901. n

Applicationtledrecentere1900'. Renewed Ottobre 28,1901. semina. 80,321.naman.;`

yence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification. p

My invent-ion has relation to improvements in combined hollow brick andtile furring or facing for walls; and the object is to provide animproved brick and tile furring or facing for walls which is adapted tobe permanently built into the wall with the furring or facing portionprojecting beyond the face of the wall and lapping each other in thestructure, and also to provide such a brick or tile with longitudinaland vertical intersecting passages, whereby the air is distributedlaterally and vertically throughout the area of the Wall.

Mypresentinvention is distinguished from the subject-matter disclosed inmy prior patents dated December 25, 1900, in that said patentsillustrate wall-tiles having means for securing them to walls or othermasonry, while in the present instance the invention involves a combinedbrick and tile, the body portion thereof constituting a portion of thewall.

The invention is particularly designed to completely fulfil the objectsof my prior invention for an improved system of heating, cooling, orVentilating buildings by the circulation and distribution' of airthrough conduits or passages extending throughout the entire area of thewalls of compartments.

I have fully and; clearly illustrated the invention in the accompanyingd rawings, forming a part hereof, and wherein- Figure 1 is a verticalsection of a wall having my improved combined brick and tile furring orfacing as practically applied. Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical sections of aWall, showing slightly-modified constructions and formations of thecombined brick and tile furring further slight modifications,wherein'the furring or facing is formed with a horizontal shoulderextending across the face thereof. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of acombined brick and tile with furring andfacing front and flanges andinclined upper and lower neck and web walls. Fig. 7 is aperspective ofmy improved brick and tile furrng and facing for walls.

It will be premisedthat it is designed to construct or form a brick andtile furring or facing, the body of which constitutes a permanent partof the wall of the structure, with the furring or facing part integraltherewith and projecting therefrom and provided with air-passages forthe distribution of the air, as will be hereinafter fully described.

Referring to the drawings, and especially to Fig. 1, A designates thebodyof my irnproved brick and tile, which body portion may be of anydetermined dimensions, but generally of such as will adapt it to formpart of the wall without disturbing the alinement of the structure. Thebody may be formed with one or more openings l, extending parallelwiththe face ofthe Wall, and apertures 2 between the openings and alsoleading into the channel or passage in the neck or web of the tile. Thisconstruction, it will be perceived, causes air to distribute andcirculate through the body of the wall, and thus keep the structure dryand free from moisture to considerable depth from the facings and thebeneficial effects permeating the surrounding and adjacent portions ofthe whole structure. At the front the body is formed with a neck or webportion 3, preferably narrower than the heightof the body and formedwith an opening 4, parallel with the face of the body, and verticalair-passages 5 6, opening from the passage or opening it at the top andbottom of the neck or web. The neck portion 3 terminates in the furringor facing tile part 7, integral with the neck and formed with upper andlower vertical facing-flanges 8 9, extending the length or width of thebody, as indicated in the drawings and seen in Fig. 7. The upperfacing-ange on the inner face is curved or directed outward, as at l0,and the outer face of the lower portion of the depending ange is curvedinward, as at 11, while or facing for walls. Figs. 4: and 5 illustrateroo l the general surface of the facing is on a vertical plane. Thelength of the flanges is such that when the tiles are laid in the wallthe adjacent ends of iianges will overlap or reach past each other, andthe oppositelydirected faces of the ends form a recess or seat 12, intowhich the plaster on the wall anchors and is held.

The vertical faces of the furring and facing or tile portion may beroughened, grooved, corrugated, or stepped, so that the plastering willadhere and be held with additional security.

It will be perceived that when the bricks and tiles are laid or .set inwalls side by side continuously to the distance or extent desired thehorizontal openings through the necks of the bodies aline and formcontinuous airpassages throughout the wall and that the facing flangesor tiles, together with the ends of the bricks of the wall, form similarpassages, and that all thehorizontal passages are in verticalcommunication by means of the vertical passages through the necks of'thetiles. It will be noted that the vertical passages are not in alinementvertically, but are arranged to lie in different vertical planesparallel with cach other. It will be further observed that the passagesthrough the body of the bricks aline horizontally throughout the walland being in communication by the lateral passages with the horizontalpassage in the neck of the brick an extensive and widespread circulationand distribution are effected throughout the ramifications of therespective passages in the wall.

\Vithout departing from the spirit of the invention there may be certainchanges of construction and arrangement made. For instance, in Fig. 2the approaching ends of adjacent facing-fianges of the tiles arerelatively inclined and the front facing of the furrings in alinement,or the approaching ends may be rounder, as seen in the lower two sets ofbricks,'and, as seen in Fig. 3, the body of the bricks may be-formedwith a neck having vertical passages, so that the horizontal channelsare formed between the necks of the two adjacent bricks and the flangesand shoulders of the bricks, as seen at a. Again, as seen in Fig. 4, thefurring-lange may extend vertically the desired distance and be formedwith an inwardly-directed shoulder b, the material at the rear of theshoulder being continued vertically, or as far as desired, to lap withthe lower end of the next adjacent iiange, leaving a mortar or plasterspace between the shoulder and the end of the iiange. Again, in Fig. 5the engaging ends of the vertical flanges are shouldered so that theirinner faces engage in alinement, and in Fig. 6 the upper and lower wallsof the neck of the brick are inclined upward and downward, respectively,as seen at c and d, and the end of one iiange is shouldered to lap withthe end of the nextadjacentlange, as shown.

By reference to the drawings it will be obn cernes 4 served that thebricks or tiles embodying the vinvention may be laid in alternate seriesor passages therethrough, substantially as described.

3. A combined brick and facing-tile, the tile being connected tothebrick by a' horizontal integral connecting portion and adapted to extendbeyond the face of the masonry to form an air-space between the face ofthe wall and the inner face of the tiles.

4. A combined brick and tile, and an integral connection between them,said integral connection having perforations constituting air-passages.

5. A combined brick and tile connected together by an integral portion,the latter being provided with vertical air-passages therethrough.

G. A combined brick and tile, the tile portion being connected to thebrick portion by an integral perforated portion, the said tile having aprojected portion arranged at right angles to the brick portion.

'7. A combined brick and tile connected integrally, by avhorizontally-projecting intermediate neck-piece, whereby an air-space isformed between the tile and brick.

8. A combined brick and tile with a perforated integral connectionbetween the brick and tile portion, the tile portion being arranged at asuitable distance from the brick so as to form an air-space between thesaid portions.

9. A combined brick and tile, the brick portion having one or moreair-chambers and having air-passages through the walls of the brick.

lO. A combined brick and tile having a hollow brick portion and a tileportion integrally connected and having an air-space between them.

11. A combined hollow brick and tile c011-V nected integrally by a neckportion, the said tile being arranged at a right angle with the brickand neck portion.

12. A combined brick and facing-tile, the brick having one or morehollow portions, one or more necks or webs integrally connecting thebrick and tile, said necks or webs having perforations therethrough.

13. A combined brick and facing-tile comprisin g a body having passagestherethrough, a neck portion having communicating airm lnected by anintegral neck-piece having air- IOO IIO

passages, and a vertically-flanged facing-tile integral with the outerend of the neck.

14. A combined brick and facing-tile comprising a body, a neck portion,the body and neck portion having communicating horizontal passagestherethrough and the neck having vertical passages intersecting thehorizontal passage, and a anged facing-tile integral with the neckarranged vertically.

15. A brick and tile combined, comprising a body to set Within a wall, aneck extension projecting therefrom provided With a horizontal openingand vertical passages leading from said opening, and a facing-tileintegral with the neck and provided with upper and lower vertical edgeflanges.

16. A brick and tile combined, comprising a body to set within a wall, aperforated neck extension projecting from the body vand terminating inupper and lower vertically-disposed flanges.

17. A brick and facing-tile combined, comprising a body to set withinthe wall, a neck portion projected laterally therefrom and terminatingin upper and lower vertical flanges, and provided with horizontal andvertical passages intersecting through the neck.

18. A combined brick and facing-tile, comprising'a body to set within aWall, a neck extension projecting therefrom and terminating in an upperflange having an outwardly-di rected inner face and a vertical outerface, and vertically-depending lower fiange having its lower end portionon a plane within the plane of the face of the tile, and the neckportion having horizontal and vertical intersecting air-passagestherethrough.

19. A combined brick and facing-tile, comprising a hollow body to setwithin a wall, a

the inner surface of the facing-tile, subst-ant-ially as described.

21. In a wall, the combination with the masonry thereof, of combinedbricks and facingtiles laid in the wall in contiguous layers and havingcommunicating air-passages through an integral connection between thebrick and the facing-tile, substantially as described.

22. In a wall, the combination therewith of f combined bricks andfacing-tiles comprising a body having openings communicatinghorizontally throughout the lines or layers, a neck portion project-in ghorizontally from the end of the brick and having horizontal andvertical communications through them, and facing-tiles integral with theneck portions and having their ends and sides contiguous to each other,whereby air-passages are formed throughout the interior of the wall.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID WILEY ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

GEO. J. RICHARDSON, CHAs. G. PETTIT, Jr.

